2020–21 FC Utrecht season

The 2020–21 FC Utrecht season was the club's 51st season in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they have qualified for the play-offs, for this they played for a place in the second round of the Conference League.

FC Utrecht
2020–21 season
OwnerFrans van Seumeren Holding B.V. (99%)
Stichting Beheer Aandelen FC Utrecht (1%)
ChairmanPieter Leyssius
Head coachJohn van den Brom
(until 6 November 2020)
René Hake
(from 6 November 2020)
StadiumStadion Galgenwaard
Eredivisie6th
KNVB CupSecond round
Play-offsRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sander van de Streek (11)

All:
Sander van de Streek (15)
Highest home attendance4,944 (RKC Waalwijk, Eredivisie game)
Lowest home attendance3,000 (FC Groningen, Play-offs game)
Average home league attendance3,972
Biggest winLeague: 0–6
(Willem II away)
Cup: 2–4
(FC Dordrecht away
Play-offs: 1–0
(FC Groningen home)
Biggest defeatLeague: 4–1
(Heracles Almelo away)
Cup: 5–4
(AFC Ajax away)
Play-offs: 2–0
(Feyenoord away)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 17 February 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NED Maarten Paes
2 DF   NED Mark van der Maarel
3 DF   NED Justin Hoogma (on loan from Hoffenheim)
5 DF   NED Hidde ter Avest
5 DF   GER Leon Guwara[a]
6 MF   NED Adam Maher
7 FW   NED Gyrano Kerk
8 MF   NED Joris van Overeem
9 FW   ESP Adrián Dalmau
10 MF   SWE Simon Gustafson
11 FW   NED Eljero Elia
13 DF   SWE Emil Bergström
14 DF   NED Willem Janssen (captain)
15 FW   AUS Daniel Arzani[a] (on loan from Manchester City)
16 GK   NED Thijmen Nijhuis
17 DF   MAR Benaissa Benamar
17 DF   NED Sean Klaiber[a]
18 MF   NED Justin Lonwijk[a]
19 FW   MAR Mimoun Mahi
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   NED Giovanni Troupée
21 DF   NED Django Warmerdam
22 MF   NED Sander van de Streek
23 MF   NED Bart Ramselaar
24 MF   NED Odysseus Velanas
25 MF   NED Tommy St. Jago
26 FW   BEL Othmane Boussaid
28 MF   NED Urby Emanuelson
29 FW   FRA Moussa Sylla
30 FW   NED Remco Balk
31 GK   NED Fabian de Keijzer
32 GK   GER Eric Oelschlägel
33 DF   NED Ruben Kluivert
34 DF   NED Christopher Mamengi
37 FW   NED Mohamed Mallahi
38 MF   NED Davy van den Berg
39 FW   NED Jeredy Hilterman
40 DF   NED Sylian Mokono
50 GK   NED Joey Houweling
  1. ^ a b c d Sold or loaned out during the season.

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Transfers in edit

Nat. Pos Player Transferred from Particularities
  NED DF Django Warmerdam   FC Groningen Transfer free
  NED FW Eljero Elia   İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. Transfer free
  MAR FW Mimoun Mahi   FC Zürich Transfer free
  FRA FW Moussa Sylla   AS Monaco FC Transfer free
  GER GK Eric Oelschlägel   Borussia Dortmund Transfer free
  NED DF Justin Hoogma   TSG 1899 Hoffenheim On loan
  AUS FW Daniel Arzani   Manchester City On loan
  BIH DF Dario Đumić   SV Darmstadt 98 Back from loan
  SWE DF Emil Bergström   FC Basel Back from loan
  NED FW Nick Venema   Almere City FC Back from loan
  GER MF Rico Strieder   PEC Zwolle Back from loan
  BEL FW Othmane Boussaid   NAC Breda Back from loan
  NED FW Patrick Joosten   Sparta Rotterdam Back from loan

Transfers out edit

Nat. Pos Player Transferred to Particularities
  NED DF Sean Klaiber   AFC Ajax € 5,000,000
  NED FW Patrick Joosten   FC Groningen € 400,000
  GER MF Rico Strieder   PEC Zwolle
  BIH DF Dario Đumić   FC Twente
  CZE FW Václav Černý   FC Twente On loan
  NED MF Mitchell van Rooijen   SBV Excelsior On loan
  GER FW Jonas Arweiler   ADO Den Haag On loan
  NED FW Nick Venema   NAC Breda On loan
  GHA FW Abass Issah   1. FSV Mainz 05 Back from loan
  SWE FW Kristoffer Peterson   Swansea City A.F.C. Back from loan
  NED GK Jeroen Zoet   PSV Eindhoven Back from loan
  NED DF Justin Hoogma   TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Back from loan
  NED FW Jean-Christophe Bahebeck   FK Partizan Belgrado End of contract
  SEN DF Lamine Sané Unknown End of contract

Winter edit

Transfers in edit

Nat. Pos Player Transferred from Particularities
  NED DF Hidde ter Avest   Udinese Calcio Transfer free
  MAR DF Benaissa Benamar   Telstar
  NED FW Remco Balk   FC Groningen

Transfers out edit

Nat. Pos Player Transferred to Particularities
  GER DF Leon Guwara   VVV-Venlo On loan
  NED MF Justin Lonwijk   Viborg FF On loan (+option to buy)
  AUS FW Daniel Arzani   Manchester City Terminated the loan early

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 July 2020 Friendly Antwerp   0–0   Utrecht Antwerp, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 0
22 July 2020 Friendly Utrecht   3–3   Genk Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Van Zuijen
Attendance: 0
1 August 2020 Friendly Utrecht   1–0   AZ Alkmaar Utrecht, Netherlands
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Björn Kuipers
8 August 2020 Friendly Utrecht   0–1   Go Ahead Eagles Utrecht, Netherlands
14.00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 0
Note: Match played in two games from 60-minutes.
8 August 2020 Friendly Utrecht   1–0   Go Ahead Eagles Utrecht, Netherlands
14.00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 0
Note: Match played in two games from 60-minutes.
13 August 2020 Friendly Ajax   5–1   Utrecht Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Dennis Higler
15 August 2020 Friendly Utrecht   5–1   Excelsior Utrecht, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 0
20 August 2020 Friendly Utrecht   4–1   SC Heerenveen Utrecht, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 2,805
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
29 August 2020 Friendly PEC Zwolle   0–2   Utrecht Zwolle, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 0
14 September 2020 Friendly Utrecht   1–2   Vitesse Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 0
28 September 2020 Friendly ADO Den Haag   1–0   Utrecht The Hague, Netherlands
Report Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stijn van Zuilichem
8 October 2020 Friendly PEC Zwolle   3–3   Utrecht Zwolle, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurice Paarhuis
12 November 2020 Friendly RKC Waalwijk   4–3   Utrecht Waalwijk, Netherlands
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 0
2 February 2021 Friendly NAC Breda   2–2   Utrecht Breda, Netherlands
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Heksenwiel
Attendance: 0
9 March 2021 Friendly Utrecht   1–1   RKC Waalwijk Utrecht, Netherlands
Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Hardeman
24 March 2021 Friendly Ajax   2–1   Utrecht Duivendrecht, Netherlands
Report
Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
Attendance: 0
16 April 2021 Friendly AZ   1–0   Utrecht Wijdewormer, Netherlands
Report Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex
Attendance: 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 18 September 2020 16 May 2021 Matchday 2 6th 34 13 14 7 52 41 +11 038.24
Play-offs Conference League 19 May 2021 23 May 2021 Semifinals Runners-up 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
KNVB Cup 27 October 2020 16 December 2020 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 050.00
Total 38 15 14 9 61 50 +11 039.47

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 +14 61 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Feyenoord (O) 34 16 11 7 64 36 +28 59 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
6 Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 +11 53
7 Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 +3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 +1 47
Source: Eredivisie,[1] Soccerway[2]
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[3]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 13 14 7 52 41  +11 53 6 7 4 27 25  +2 7 7 3 25 16  +9

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultDDWDDWLLDDDLDWDLWWWDDWWLWLWWLWWDDD
Position91177778999910101010101088898787777766666
Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.[4]

18 September 2020 2 VVV-Venlo 1–1 Utrecht Venlo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 1,435
Referee: Rob Dieperink
27 September 2020 3 Utrecht 3–1 RKC Waalwijk Utrecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 4,944
Referee: Siemen Mulder
2 October 2020 4 Utrecht 1–1 sc Heerenveen Utrecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
18 October 2020 5 Groningen 0–0 Utrecht Groningen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
24 October 2020 6 Utrecht 2–1 Twente Utrecht
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom
1 November 2020 7 Heracles Almelo 4–1 Utrecht Almelo
12:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
8 November 2020 8 Utrecht 0–3 Ajax Utrecht
12:15 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Björn Kuipers
21 November 2020 9 PEC Zwolle 1–1 Utrecht Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
29 November 2020 10 Feyenoord 1–1 Utrecht Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
6 December 2020 11 Utrecht 1–1 ADO Den Haag Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
13 December 2020 12 PSV 2–1 Utrecht Eindhoven
16:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
19 December 2020 13 Utrecht 1–1 Fortuna Sittard Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rob Dieperink
22 December 2020 14 FC Emmen 2–3 Utrecht Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christiaan Bax
27 December 2020 1 Utrecht 2–2 AZ Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
9 January 2021 15 Utrecht 2–2 Groningen Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
12 January 2021 16 Vitesse 1–0 Utrecht Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
16 January 2021 17 Utrecht 2–0 Heracles Almelo Utrecht
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
24 January 2021 18 Utrecht 1–0 Sparta Rotterdam Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
27 January 2021 19 AZ 0–1 Utrecht Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
30 January 2021 20 Utrecht 3–3 PEC Zwolle Utrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
14 February 2021 22 Utrecht 3–1 VVV-Venlo Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
19 February 2021 23 Willem II 0–6 Utrecht Tilburg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rob Dieperink
27 February 2021 24 Utrecht 0–1 FC Emmen Utrecht
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christiaan Bax
6 March 2021 25 RKC Waalwijk 1–2 Utrecht Waalwijk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
14 March 2021 26 Utrecht 1–3 Vitesse Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
20 March 2021 27 Fortuna Sittard 0–1 Utrecht Sittard
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Björn Kuipers
4 April 2021 28 ADO Den Haag 1–4 Utrecht The Hague
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
11 April 2021 29 Utrecht 1–2 Feyenoord Utrecht
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
22 April 2021 21 Ajax 1–1 Utrecht Amsterdam
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
25 April 2021 30 Twente 1–2 Utrecht Enschede
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kevin Blom
1 May 2021 31 Utrecht 3–2 Willem II Utrecht
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
8 May 2021 32 sc Heerenveen 0–0 Utrecht Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
13 May 2021 33 Sparta Rotterdam 0–0 Utrecht Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
16 May 2021 34 Utrecht 1–1 PSV Utrecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Björn Kuipers

Play-offs Conference League edit

19 May 2021 Semifinals Utrecht 1–0 Groningen Utrecht
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Danny Makkelie
23 May 2021 Final Feyenoord 2–0 Utrecht Rotterdam
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Dennis Higler

KNVB Cup edit

27 October 2020 First round FC Dordrecht 2–4 Utrecht Dordrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
16 December 2020 Second round Ajax 5–4 Utrecht Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

  Eredivisie

No. Name  
1.   Sander van de Streek 11
2.   Gyrano Kerk 8
3.   Mimoun Mahi 7
4.   Adrián Dalmau 4
  Bart Ramselaar 4
6.   Hidde ter Avest 2
  Othmane Boussaid 2
  Eljero Elia 2
  Simon Gustafson 2
  Mark van der Maarel 2
  Adam Maher 2
  Joris van Overeem 2
13.   Justin Hoogma 1
  Sean Klaiber[a] 1
Own goals opponent 2
Totals 52

  KNVB Cup

No. Name  
1.   Mimoun Mahi 2
  Bart Ramselaar 2
  Sander van de Streek 2
4.   Gyrano Kerk 1
  Moussa Sylla 1
Own goals opponent
Totals 8

  Play-offs Conference League

No. Name  
1.   Simon Gustafson 1
Own goals opponent
Totals 1
  1. ^ Sold or loaned out during the season.

Assists edit

  Eredivisie

No. Name
1.   Sander van de Streek 5
2.   Gyrano Kerk 4
  Adam Maher 4
  Bart Ramselaar 4
5.   Hidde ter Avest 3
  Mark van der Maarel 3
7.   Othmane Boussaid 2
  Mimoun Mahi 2
  Django Warmerdam 2
10.   Daniel Arzani[a] 1
  Benaissa Benamar 1
  Simon Gustafson 1
  Justin Hoogma 1
  Moussa Sylla 1
Totals 34

  KNVB Cup

No. Name
1.   Daniel Arzani[a] 1
  Eljero Elia 1
  Mark van der Maarel 1
  Gyrano Kerk 1
  Giovanni Troupée 1
  Django Warmerdam 1
Totals 6
  1. ^ a b Sold or loaned out during the season.


Attendance edit

Round Opponent Attendance Total attendance Average[a]
Eredivisie
3 RKC Waalwijk 4,944 4,944 4,944
4 sc Heerenveen 0 4,944 4,944
6 FC Twente 0 4,944 4,944
8 AFC Ajax 0 4,944 4,944
11 ADO Den Haag 0 4,944 4,944
13 Fortuna Sittard 0 4,944 4,944
1 AZ 0 4,944 4,944
15 FC Groningen 0 4,944 4,944
17 Heracles Almelo 0 4,944 4,944
18 Sparta Rotterdam 0 4,944 4,944
20 PEC Zwolle 0 4,944 4,944
22 VVV-Venlo 0 4,944 4,944
24 FC Emmen 0 4,944 4,944
26 Vitesse 0 4,944 4,944
29 Feyenoord 0 4,944 4,944
31 Willem II 0 4,944 4,944
34 PSV 0 4,944 4,944
KNVB Cup
There have been no home games this season.
Play-offs Conference League
Semifinals FC Groningen 3,000 3,000 3,000
  1. ^ Only the matches with an audience are included in this.

References edit

  1. ^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations profesional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

External links edit